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29 Otherwise, what do people mean by being baptized on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized on their behalf?[a] 30 Why am I in peril every hour?

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  1. 15.29 Apparently a custom of vicarious baptism for those who had died without it. Paul mentions it without approving it.

Effects of Denying the Resurrection

29 Otherwise, what will they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead do not rise at all? Why then are they baptized for the dead? 30 And (A)why do we stand in [a]jeopardy every hour?

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  1. 1 Corinthians 15:30 danger